Snowstorm run -- Fri. Jan. 21

Four inches of fresh snow overnight, on top of the old snow. Cold but not too bad (20F or so), so in shorts, but with slicker on top. Again aiming for trails: start on GeoHannum, then left into trails and start the hard work. It's a bit like running in sand, so just work at it: follow trail (noting new part parallel w/ Howard) all way to NoWash, then take turn onto Jabish Canal trail, and follow out to 181. Some snowbmobile tracks to follow, but none fresh, so in time legs start to chill off in all the snow, but out on the roads again it's much better. Up to Jensen, then along and up past the baseball field to Jabish hill, up to common and then down 202 leading back to home. Pick up pace on 202, with wind blowing snow into my eyes; end up going past Dana to Greenwich and up past Bill's place to get an extra half mile, thus:

Time: 1:11:53
Distance: 8.51 miles
Pace: 8:27s

Comment: 4.5 miles of hard trail work made this feel like a hill run. Feel great after the run, but definitely that in-training feeling too. Mileage-wise I'm easing into it, but next week it goes up a notch (I hope!).